Hayden: China's move 'dangerous and dumb'

Retired Gen. Michael Hayden expressed surprise Sunday over China's decision to etablish a new air defense zone over the Senkaku Islands, disputed territory with Japan.

"I view it to be both dangerous and dumb," the former NSA and CIA director said. He recalled the first crisis of the George W. Bush administration: an April 2001 collision of U.S. and Chinese military aircraft that briefly escalated tensions between the two countries.

"They want to treat the South China Sea the way you and I treat Lake Michigan," he said.

Hayden said the U.S. would have to continue to do what it has been doing, flying unarmed B-52s in the Chinese air identification zone and not reporting to Chinese authorities.